by John Belovarac – Mecal by Starn (WHMA Supplier Member) Every customer wants to know how their products are measuring up to some standard, whether it is our own Mecal guide to quality crimping, IPC-620, Volkswagen 63033, USCAR 21 or something else. As a customer of...
I’m pretty sure that most people are familiar with Google as a search engine that can easily find answers to all questions (possibly a little ambiguous questions) and of course, to find businesses and products. I know before I do anything, I check with google for the...
“Four years after this last revision, IPC and WHMA recently published revision D of their popular A-620 standard for cable and wire harness assembly.” Rulebooks are multifaceted things. On the one hand, they are intentionally restrictive to ensure the...
An emerging trend in automotive electrical infrastructure is the development and implementation of 48-volt systems. This article deals with the history of the system’s development and the rationale for this new architecture. There is a companion article...
You can have the ideal connector and cable for your application, but the wrong method of attaching that connector to the cable can result in an unreliable, problematic connection. Creating connections for cables involves one of two methods: soldering or crimping. Both...
